The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 2062
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
2:57 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1721
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 206.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.22° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.74° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.