The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 1986
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
3:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 781
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 | 324.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 202.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.01° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.72° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.