The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2007
Waning Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
8:40 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1041
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 | 231.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.24° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.92° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.