The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% 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
12:11 PM
1:59 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3243
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 | 99.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.35° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.19° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.