The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 2179
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
6:05 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3168
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 | 351.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -3.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.64° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.17° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.