The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 1942
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
12:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 237
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.15° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.98° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.