The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 1972
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
10:22 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 608
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -26.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.70° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.36° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.