The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 2168
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
4:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3032
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 193.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.86° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.89° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.