The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 79°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
2:43 AM
79°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 100.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 28.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.07° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.62° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.