The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
6:06 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2847
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 13.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.91° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.94° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.