The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1932
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
9:02 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 114
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.9° / 127.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.08° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.94° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.