The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 1936
Waning Gibbous
97.8% 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
8:16 PM
7:06 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 321.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.24° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.64° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.