The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2053
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
9:07 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1610
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.17° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.90° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.