The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
6:05 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1437
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 13.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.49° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.39° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.