The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
3:39 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 111.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 48.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 28.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.47° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.45° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.