The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2046
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
8:41 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1524
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 | 21.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 133.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.46° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.49° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.