The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2031
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
7:43 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1338
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 | 185.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 317.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / -2.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.71° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.80° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 155.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.