The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
4:01 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1536
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 | 122.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 22.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.32° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.14° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.