The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
5:15 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2006
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 12.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.78° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.41° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| 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.