The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
5:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 144.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.75° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.89° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.