The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% 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
2:35 PM
4:03 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 225
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 | 129.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.70° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.90° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| 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.