The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 1994
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
2:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 880
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 223.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.94° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.06° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.