The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2061
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
8:22 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1709
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 | 219.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.05° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.45° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.