The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 1945
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
2:27 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 274
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 | 299.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 213.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.25° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.20° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.06° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.