The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Waning Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
2:17 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1115
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 | 306.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.08° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.86° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.