The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 2165
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
1:10 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2995
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 234.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.20° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.76° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.