The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
5:16 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1301
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 | 146.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 24.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.57° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.64° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.