The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
2:02 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -47
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 | 97.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.38° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.72° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.