The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
4:56 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -109
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.97° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.25° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.