The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
11:28 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1091
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.53° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.97° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.