The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1939
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
8:23 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 219.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.13° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.28° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.