The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1961
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 472
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 | 252.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.97° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.13° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.