The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 1931
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
9:42 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 101
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 | 251.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -23.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.72° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.05° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.