The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 1977
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
8:28 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 670
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -10.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.83° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.89° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.