The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2122
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
7:57 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2464
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.07° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.37° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 161.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.