The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2038
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
10:06 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1425
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.08° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.81° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.