The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2026
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1276
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.23° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.21° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| 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.