The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1972
Last Quarter
46.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
11:12 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.1%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 608
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -26.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.87° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.54° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.