The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
3:37 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -146
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 | 112.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 27.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.91° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.12° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.