The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1992
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
11:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 856
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 | 48.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.41° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.77° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.