The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 1923
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
11:30 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.31° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.67° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.