The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
7:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1239
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 | 193.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 326.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.17° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.75° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.