The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
5:36 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -208
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 18.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.33° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.64° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.