The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
4:34 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3144
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 37.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 24.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.97° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.07° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.