The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
1:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1598
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 | 98.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.31° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.49° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.