The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 2159
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
8:09 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2921
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 | 221.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.23° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.67° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.