The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
6:00 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 27
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 11.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.65° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.85° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.