The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 2015
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
9:45 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 222.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.43° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.99° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| 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.