The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
6:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2278
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 | 172.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 357.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 4.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.69° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.98° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.