The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2059
Last Quarter
46.4% 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
1:58 AM
11:17 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1684
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 | 274.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.35° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.31° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.64° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.