The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
3:51 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 127.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.66° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.69° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.