The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1967
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
4:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 546
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 | 332.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 194.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.03° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.12° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.