The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 1975
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
2:50 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 645
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 | 301.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 213.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.44° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.74° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.