The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 1988
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
8:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 806
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.97° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.31° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.