The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 1981
Waxing Crescent
14.9% 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
9:06 AM
10:33 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 45.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.08° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.04° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.