The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2164
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
7:04 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2983
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.26° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.58° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.5° |
| 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.