The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2008
Waxing Crescent
5.1% 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
8:36 AM
10:13 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 112.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.35° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.42° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.