The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
3:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1128
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 | 102.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.22° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.40° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.