The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 1993
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
6:37 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 868
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 340.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.47° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 164.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.