The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 2015
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
7:43 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 201.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 315.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.97° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.19° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.