The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1951
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
7:38 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 349
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 | 10.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 150.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.66° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.53° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.