The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2195
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
4:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3366
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 | 322.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 191.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.48° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.53° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.