The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 1920
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
8:38 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -35
Events on this date
-
Jupiter and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.52° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.64° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| 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.