The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2175
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
7:13 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3119
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 | 192.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 327.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.23° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.64° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.