The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2088
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
7:44 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2043
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 305.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.23° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.65° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| 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.