The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2024
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
5:53 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1251
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 176.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.10° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.74° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.