The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1973
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
9:56 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 34.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.83° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.78° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.