The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 2140
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
8:15 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2686
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.36° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.03° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.