The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 1926
Waning Crescent
26.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
1:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.2%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 39
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 227.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.95° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.77° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.