The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2034
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
8:39 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1375
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 | 220.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.21° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.11° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.