The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1939
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
9:02 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 232.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.75° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.44° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| 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.