The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
2:59 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 114.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.38° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.85° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.