The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2040
Waning Crescent
23.8% 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
4:11 AM
1:24 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1449
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 | 301.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 221.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -25.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.47° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.21° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.