The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1945
Waning Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
1:31 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 274
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 | 287.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -22.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.04° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.24° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.87° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.