The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 2086
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
10:24 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2018
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 | 259.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.05° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.06° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.81° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.