The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1940
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
6:24 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 212
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 171.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.76° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.18° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.