The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2078
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
12:24 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1919
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 | 290.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.86° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.19° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.62° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.