The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1981
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
8:09 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 17.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 141.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / -2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.45° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.