The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2007
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1041
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 | 242.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.16° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.08° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.