The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 2026
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
8:34 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1276
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.62° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.56° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.