The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 2021
Waning Crescent
22.5% 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
4:16 AM
1:34 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1214
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 | 303.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 220.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.84° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.41° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.