The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2156
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
7:41 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2884
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 | 207.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -9.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.62° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.17° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| 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.