The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 2143
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
10:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2723
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -20.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.27° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.86° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.