The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2112
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
4:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2340
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 | 137.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 31.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.70° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.21° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| 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.