The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
4:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 337.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 190.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.36° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.73° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.