The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2165
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
2:13 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2995
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 | 306.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -16.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.56° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.96° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.