The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2029
Waning Crescent
26.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
1:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.1%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1313
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 | 298.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 227.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.06° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.95° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.