The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2037
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
12:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1412
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.73° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.62° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.