The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2013
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
4:33 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1115
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 | 332.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 201.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -9.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.28° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.26° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.