The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2051
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
2:11 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1585
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 | 305.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.30° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.04° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.46° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.