The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2200
Last Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
12:33 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3428
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.94° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.95° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.