The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2051
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
3:18 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1585
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 | 318.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 214.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.43° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.66° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.