The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2019
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
8:31 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1190
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 | 22.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 134.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / -0.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.39° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.83° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.