The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1956
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
3:00 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 410
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 | 315.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.84° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.83° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.