The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 1999
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 942
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.62° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.54° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.