The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1947
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
8:02 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 299
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 317.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.49° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.70° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| 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.