The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2024
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
4:33 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1251
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 191.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.92° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.53° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.