The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% 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
2:49 PM
4:40 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1536
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.81° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.99° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| 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.