The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1957
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
12:38 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 423
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 | 80.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 75.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.17° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.30° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.