The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2197
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3391
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -21.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.23° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.42° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.