The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
6:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3218
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 | 172.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 355.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.84° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.