The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2014
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
12:34 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1128
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 | 80.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.46° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.25° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.