The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
3:59 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 116.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 27.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.33° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.71° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.