The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 1948
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
4:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 311
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 | 336.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 191.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.10° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.50° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.