The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
2:30 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -146
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 | 99.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 27.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.84° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.29° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.