The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1991
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
10:19 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 843
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 | 262.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.68° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.99° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.