The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2059
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
12:10 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1684
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 | 286.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -26.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.98° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.82° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.