The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2042
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
9:09 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1474
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 | 210.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -7.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.79° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.17° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.