The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1970
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
6:43 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 583
Events on this date
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 79% of the Sun is covered at 1:29 PM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 179.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 165.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -5.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.30° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.08° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.