The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
5:07 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2711
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 24.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.61° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.19° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.