The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 2079
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
11:33 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1932
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 96.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.23° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.69° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.