The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 2108
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
2:10 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2290
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.52° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.51° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.