The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% 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
11:44 AM
2:30 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3379
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 | 99.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.92° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.93° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.