The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 2157
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
2:14 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2896
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 | 310.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 215.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -22.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.11° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.41° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| 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.