The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2019
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
9:31 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1190
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 | 33.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.67° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.63° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.