The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2121
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
8:23 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2451
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 | 227.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.61° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.40° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.