The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2053
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
8:33 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1610
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 | 216.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -7.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.50° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.74° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.