The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2076
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
11:33 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1895
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.60° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.90° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.