The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
5:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1771
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 11.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.90° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.04° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.