The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
2:54 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2909
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 | 104.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 26.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.57° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.55° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| 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.