The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 2056
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
10:42 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1647
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 | 257.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.73° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.76° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| 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.