The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
3:44 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2711
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.40° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.49° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.