The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2189
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
11:25 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3292
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 | 258.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.99° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.53° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| 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.