The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2089
Waning Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
3:19 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2055
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 | 319.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 214.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.92° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.08° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.