The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2102
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
8:16 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2216
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 | 224.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.39° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.61° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.