The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2200
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
10:40 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3428
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 | 258.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.89° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.29° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| 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.