The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 1980
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.95° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.75° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.