The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2040
Waning Crescent
14.7% 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
5:05 AM
2:36 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1449
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.89° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.40° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.