The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2009
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
10:18 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.39° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.27° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.