The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 2011
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
9:30 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 30.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.68° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.36° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.