The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 2195
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
2:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3366
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 215.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.04° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.84° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.