The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
6:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 6.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.93° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.94° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.