The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1900
First Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
1:59 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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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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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.30° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.91° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.53° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.