The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1905
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
9:51 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -220
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.20° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.08° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.