The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2186
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
8:52 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3255
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 294.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -6.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.11° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.03° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.