The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 1947
Waning Gibbous
92.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
8:27 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.1%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 299
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 | 212.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 301.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.86° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.85° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.