The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2087
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
11:20 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2031
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 | 51.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 16.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.74° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.14° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.