The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
2:39 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3144
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 | 101.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 25.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.36° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.73° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| 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.