The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 2004
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
7:33 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1004
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 | 189.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 331.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.84° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.96° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.