The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1981
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
9:21 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 720
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 123.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.27° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.24° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.