The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
2:39 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1214
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 210.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.15° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.60° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.