The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2175
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
7:32 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3119
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -7.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.07° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.79° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.6° |
| 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.