The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 2078
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
11:32 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1919
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 | 278.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -26.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.16° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.70° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.43° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.