The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 1969
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 571
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.78° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.67° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| 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.