The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2018
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
10:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1177
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 | 261.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.64° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.34° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.