The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2034
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
9:12 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1375
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.04° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.27° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| 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.