The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 1999
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
11:04 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 262.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.51° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.71° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.