The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2003
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
11:02 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 992
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.57° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.69° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.