The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 2173
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
12:13 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3094
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.02° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.29° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.