The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2015
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
9:13 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 211.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -6.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.40° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.83° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.