The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
3:54 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 27.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.67° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.66° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.