The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2097
Waning Crescent
26.5% 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
4:06 AM
1:01 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2154
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 | 298.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.21° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.42° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.