The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1980
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
10:37 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 255.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.30° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.92° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| 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.