The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1918
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
1:49 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -60
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 | 303.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 224.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.35° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.00° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.22° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.