The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2008
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
6:46 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 165.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.38° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.32° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.