The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2160
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
7:23 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2934
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 | 6.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.8° / 157.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / 2.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.97° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.24° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.