The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1908
Waxing Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
12:11 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -183
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 | 76.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.11° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.14° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.