The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
3:31 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 110.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 48.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 28.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.32° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.50° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.