The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
6:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1400
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 11.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.67° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.59° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.