The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 1926
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
12:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 39
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 | 285.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.83° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.58° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.