The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2045
Waning Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
10:05 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1511
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 | 260.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -27.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.20° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.68° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.