The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2144
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
11:35 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2736
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.71° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.41° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.