The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1996
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
8:30 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 219.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.75° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.70° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.