The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2056
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
11:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1647
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 | 270.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 248.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.65° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.93° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| 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.