The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 2010
Waning Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
11:52 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 281.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -25.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.89° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.96° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.