The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1912
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
10:03 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -134
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 | 257.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.30° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.41° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.