The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2023
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
8:00 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1239
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 | 204.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 310.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -3.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.62° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.90° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.