The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 2072
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
8:49 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1845
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.93° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.55° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| 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.