The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 2051
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
1:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1585
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 | 292.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.65° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.57° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.27° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.