The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1989
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
9:19 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 27.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.66° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.71° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.