The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1996
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
7:56 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 207.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.66° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.54° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.