The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 2021
Waning Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
12:34 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1214
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 | 291.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -25.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.34° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.22° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.