The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 1943
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
10:12 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 250
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.50° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.34° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.