The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 1902
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
6:23 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -258
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 173.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -2.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.94° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.74° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.