The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 2043
Waning Crescent
16.5% 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
5:03 AM
2:14 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1486
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 | 312.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 212.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.43° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.91° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.