The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1974
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
7:37 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 321.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / -1.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.07° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 173.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.