The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2002
Waning Crescent
16.6% 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
4:50 AM
2:21 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 214.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.04° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.80° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| 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.