The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Waning Gibbous
90.9% 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
9:51 PM
8:22 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1004
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 | 215.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.69° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.25° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| 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.