The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1992
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
10:01 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 856
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 | 36.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.55° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.97° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.4° |
| 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.