The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
4:26 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 122.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.63° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.28° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.