The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2053
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1610
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 | 239.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.05° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.55° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.