The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2094
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
11:05 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2117
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.78° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.55° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.