The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2138
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
2:13 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2661
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -23.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.88° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.61° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.