The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 1954
Waxing Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
11:22 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 386
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 | 50.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.68° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.38° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.