The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
5:11 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 126
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 | 137.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 29.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.66° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.45° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.