The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
5:41 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1264
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 | 126.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 25.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.23° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.01° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.