The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 1994
Waning Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
3:18 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 880
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 | 318.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.81° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.25° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.