The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
3:56 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2439
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 25.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.75° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.80° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.