The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1966
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
8:32 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 534
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 | 216.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.36° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.65° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| 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.