The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 2010
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
10:58 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1078
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -25.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.63° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.78° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.