The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2124
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
11:44 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2488
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 | 276.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.53° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.40° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| 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.