The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 2109
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2303
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 13.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.30° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.60° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.