The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 2048
Waning Crescent
26.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
2:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.1%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1548
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 215.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.46° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.25° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.