The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 1983
Waning Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
12:51 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 744
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 | 293.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 229.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.10° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.79° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.