The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 2088
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
7:12 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2043
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 | 195.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 323.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.46° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.50° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.