The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2118
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
7:17 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2414
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 | 190.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 330.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 0.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.96° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.42° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| 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.