The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1973
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
11:09 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 48.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.01° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.58° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.