The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
6:37 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1103
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.72° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.53° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 165.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.