The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2091
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
8:53 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2080
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 | 222.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.06° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.34° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.