The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1913
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
7:20 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -121
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 | 7.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 154.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.07° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.96° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.