The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2018
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
11:39 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.65° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.51° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.