The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% 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
2:50 PM
4:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2241
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 36.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.63° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.94° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| 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.