The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2050
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
6:59 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1573
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 | 191.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 328.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.08° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.10° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.