The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
5:27 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 147.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 22.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.62° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.24° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.