The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
3:38 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3045
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 | 117.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 46.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.88° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.13° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.