The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
6:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2748
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 | 172.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 356.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 4.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.04° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.