The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
2:19 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 89
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 | 96.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.39° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.47° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.