The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1923
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
10:41 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2
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 | 256.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.47° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.50° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.