The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 1909
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
8:21 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -171
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -2.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.68° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.44° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.