The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 169.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 0.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.10° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.42° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.