The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
5:55 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 159.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 11.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.52° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.09° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.