The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2072
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1845
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 | 247.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -14.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.19° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.86° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.