The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2042
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
7:30 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1474
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 | 189.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 331.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.67° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.38° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.