The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1929
Waning Crescent
7.8% 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
5:54 AM
3:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 76
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 199.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.72° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.68° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.