The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
4:55 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1771
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 | 140.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 30.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.17° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.19° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.