The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1901
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
8:41 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -270
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 | 227.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.29° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.02° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.