The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1958
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
8:30 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 435
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -11.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.04° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.09° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.