The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2080
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
8:11 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1944
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 | 215.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -10.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.15° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.09° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.