The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1929
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
4:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 339.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 187.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.53° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.89° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.