The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
6:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1672
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 353.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.71° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.