The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% 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
12:37 PM
3:52 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 794
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 46.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 28.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.66° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.07° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.