The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 2181
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
10:46 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3193
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.57° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.47° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.