The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 1937
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
3:21 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 175
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 | 319.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 212.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.46° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.22° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.