The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
3:35 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1734
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 | 111.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 27.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.74° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.04° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.