The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1934
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
10:43 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 138
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -27.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.85° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.95° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.