The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 2151
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
10:16 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2822
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 | 253.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.30° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.41° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.