The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2073
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
6:32 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1857
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 166.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -6.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.26° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.44° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 13.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.