The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 967
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.93° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.85° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.