The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1935
Waxing Crescent
17.7% 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
8:30 AM
11:17 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 151
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 | 49.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.65° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.21° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.19° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.