The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2081
Waning Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
3:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1956
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 199.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.10° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.56° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.