The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
3:46 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1969
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 | 100.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.72° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.91° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| 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.