The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 2162
Waning Gibbous
55.7% 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
12:52 AM
10:53 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2958
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.70° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.66° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| 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.