The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2146
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
2:24 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2760
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 222.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.17° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.14° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.