The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
4:09 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 930
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 | 130.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.04° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.84° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.