The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
7:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1202
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 344.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 14.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.27° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.56° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.