The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2054
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
6:53 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1622
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 | 350.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 158.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -8.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.71° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.12° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.