The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
5:46 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 154.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 16.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.50° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.88° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| 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.