The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1986
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
4:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 781
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 | 336.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 190.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.54° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.92° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.