The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
2:48 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1598
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 | 111.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 17.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.09° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.32° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.