The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1916
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -84
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 | 67.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.06° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.59° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.