The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1959
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
6:01 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 351.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 177.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.78° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.78° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.