The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 2000
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 AM
8:11 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 955
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 | 18.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -1.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.63° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.