The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
6:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -208
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 | 164.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 3.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 11.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.17° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.50° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.