The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1928
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
8:14 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 64
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 | 205.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -1.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.22° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.07° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.