The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 1928
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
8:37 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 64
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 | 216.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.27° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.22° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.