The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
5:30 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 145.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 23.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.08° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.65° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.