The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
5:53 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3218
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 9.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.03° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.07° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.