The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 1977
Waning Gibbous
94.8% 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
9:05 PM
7:50 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 206.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.41° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.74° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.