The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1905
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
8:55 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -220
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 128.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.38° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.28° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.