The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2132
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2587
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 0.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.91° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.63° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.