The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 1920
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
9:13 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -35
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 | 236.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.73° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.80° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.