The Moon on this date

Moon on Monday, March 7, 2067

Waning Gibbous

60.8% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
27°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
60.8%
Age
21.8 days
Distance
376,900 km
Apparent size
31.7′
Constellation
Scorpius
Lunation number
1783

Events on this date

  1. Mercury at greatest elongation

    27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

  2. Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

Exact values

For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun257.67°
Phase angle77.53°
Illuminated fraction60.79%
Altitude / azimuth-18.5° / 254.9°
Right ascension / declination16h 10m / -22.88°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude244.87° / -1.81°
Libration in longitude / latitude-6.03° / 3.06°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-83.01° / 1.51°
Position angle of the axis12.3°
Position angle of the bright limb101.4°
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.

Your location

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