The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
2:47 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1870
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 | 108.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.33° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.94° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.