The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 1937
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
2:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 175
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 221.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.36° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.02° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.