The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 2048
Last Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
11:17 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1548
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.20° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.39° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.