The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2178
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3156
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 | 239.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.71° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.12° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| 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.