The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2080
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
8:35 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1944
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.29° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.24° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.