The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 1997
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
5:09 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 340.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 190.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.14° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.20° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.