The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
3:01 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3008
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 | 99.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.68° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.50° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.