The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2197
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
10:01 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3391
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 | 255.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -23.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.24° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.58° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.