The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2118
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
7:42 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2414
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -6.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.81° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.56° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.