The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1989
Waxing Crescent
1.4% 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
7:14 AM
8:01 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 819
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 146.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 2.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.52° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.92° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.