The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1904
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
12:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -233
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 | 277.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.37° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.05° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.