The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2087
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
10:08 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2031
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.04° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.34° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.