The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1991
Waning Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
11:59 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 843
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 | 283.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -25.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.35° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.35° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.