The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 2005
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
3:16 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1016
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.56° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.52° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.