The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2099
Waning Gibbous
95.7% 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
10:00 PM
8:47 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2179
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.51° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.25° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.