The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2170
Waning Gibbous
59.7% 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
12:31 AM
10:29 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3057
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 | 258.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.17° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.23° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.