The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2113
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2352
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -15.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.57° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.00° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.