The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
3:51 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2674
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 | 102.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.90° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.86° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.87° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| 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.