The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2059
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
2:13 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1684
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 | 299.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 211.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -25.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.46° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.50° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| 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.