The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 1983
Waning Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
12:04 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 744
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.27° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.61° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.