The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2083
Waning Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
9:37 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1981
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 | 252.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -25.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.22° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.12° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.