The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
4:46 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2006
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 32.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.96° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.57° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.