The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 1997
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
7:35 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 9.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 152.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.41° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.38° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.