The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
3:12 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2439
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 | 106.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 52.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 27.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.93° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.97° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.