The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1983
Waning Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
1:43 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 744
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 221.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -23.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.88° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.99° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| 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.