The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 2103
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
5:42 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2228
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 183.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.46° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.12° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.