The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
5:51 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 151.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 16.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.97° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.20° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| 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.