The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2137
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
7:38 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2649
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 | 203.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.97° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.37° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.9° |
| 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.