The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 2173
Last Quarter
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
11:11 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3094
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.77° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.11° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.