The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2090
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
12:36 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2068
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 40m / 17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.79° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.04° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.