The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1940
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
7:20 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 156.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.57° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.62° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.