The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2056
Waning Crescent
38.6% 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
2:26 AM
12:17 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1647
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 | 283.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.22° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.11° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.