The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 1999
Waning Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
9:54 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 241.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.75° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.38° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.