The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:16 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 131.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 38.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.14° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.04° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.