The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2009
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
9:07 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.41° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.95° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.