The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2069
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
6:53 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1808
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 | 188.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 333.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.17° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.