The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1227
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 | 71.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 80.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.17° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.70° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.