The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 1927
Waxing Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 52
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 | 67.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.09° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.53° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.