The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 2022
Waxing Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
11:55 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.07° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.89° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.