The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2127
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
2:28 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2525
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.65° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.31° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.