The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 1980
Last Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
11:19 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.92° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.21° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.09° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.