The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2132
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
10:24 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2587
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.75° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.79° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.