The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 1964
Waning Crescent
20.4% 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
4:20 AM
1:56 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 509
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 | 306.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.53° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.38° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.