The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
6:19 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1152
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. Not visible from Columbus.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 172.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.41° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.20° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.