The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2048
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
1:22 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1548
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 | 285.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -23.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.60° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.06° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.