The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1967
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
5:08 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 546
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 | 343.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 183.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.17° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.32° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.