The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 1962
Waxing Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
10:36 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 485
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 | 45.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 107.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 8.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.45° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.84° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.