The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 1970
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
9:12 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 26.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 126.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.51° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.51° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.