The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
6:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2847
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 | 167.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 359.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 13.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.70° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.80° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.