The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2042
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
7:49 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1474
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 316.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.48° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.53° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| 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.