The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
2:45 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1499
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 28.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.63° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.03° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.