The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2012
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
7:10 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 197.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 318.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.51° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.67° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.