The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2105
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
11:57 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2253
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.00° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.10° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.