The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 1988
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
8:27 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 806
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.36° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.15° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.