The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1918
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
3:01 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -60
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 | 316.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 215.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.56° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.42° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.