The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
4:48 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 33.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.15° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.59° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.