The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2111
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
6:11 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2327
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 168.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.90° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.17° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.