The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
6:09 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1041
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 13.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.39° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.13° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.