The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
5:32 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2278
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 14.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 8.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.71° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.12° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.