The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.40° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.17° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.