The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2113
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
10:34 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2352
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.74° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.17° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.