The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 54.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.28° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.78° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.