The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
4:04 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.79° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.74° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.