The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1946
Waxing Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 287
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 | 66.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.94° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.73° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.