The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
12:50 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 292.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 230.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -23.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.90° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.15° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.