The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1991
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
11:06 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 843
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -26.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.54° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.17° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.