The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1970
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
7:58 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 584
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 146.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.71° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.