The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2070
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
2:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1820
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 221.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.16° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.26° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.