The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 1917
Waning Gibbous
99.2% 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
7:37 PM
6:51 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -72
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 | 188.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 332.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / -3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.44° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.87° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 144.1° |
| 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.