The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2129
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
8:20 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2550
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 305.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -3.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.40° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.83° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.