The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 2019
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
7:33 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1190
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 | 11.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 149.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / -4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.26° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.04° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.