The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 1959
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
7:00 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 448
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 161.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -1.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.31° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.98° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 221.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.