The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
4:28 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2711
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 | 135.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.95° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.34° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.