The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
3:00 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 103.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 28.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.79° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.24° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.