The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 1915
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
10:54 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 241.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -27.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.53° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.13° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.