The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
5:53 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1016
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 175.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -11.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.08° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.94° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.