The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2137
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
7:16 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2649
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 329.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.45° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.22° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.