The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1985
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
8:29 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 769
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 | 216.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.80° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.45° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| 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.