The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 2162
Last Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
11:49 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2958
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.34° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.84° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.