The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1907
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
1:36 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -196
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
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Saturn 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 | 300.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.88° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.98° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.