The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1955
Waning Gibbous
98.6% 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
7:57 PM
6:58 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 398
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 | 192.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 327.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.89° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.28° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.