The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1964
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
1:01 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 509
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.24° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.19° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.