The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
2:49 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.83° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.36° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.