The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
7:28 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 262
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 344.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.29° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.58° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.