The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2013
Waning Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
3:25 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1115
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 | 319.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.23° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.05° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.