The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1901
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
8:10 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.50° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.86° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.