The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1942
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
11:33 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 237
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.91° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.81° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.