The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% 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
1:37 PM
3:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 119.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.35° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.20° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.