The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1931
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 101
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 | 238.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.97° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.89° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.