The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
4:37 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1499
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 | 127.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 37.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.03° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.70° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.