The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 2009
Waning Crescent
9.5% 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
5:53 AM
4:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 191.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.33° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.61° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.