The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
6:54 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 161.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 350.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 9.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.26° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.80° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.