The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 2134
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
6:06 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2612
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 14.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.26° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.75° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.