The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2069
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
7:21 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1808
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 | 199.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 316.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.10° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.87° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.