The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
3:56 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -245
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 | 128.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.73° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.51° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.