The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
4:55 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 135.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 32.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.53° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.39° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.