The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2067
Waning Crescent
38.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
12:10 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1783
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 237.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.58° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.36° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.