The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2148
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
9:06 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2785
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.40° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.76° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.