The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2070
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
4:39 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1820
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 | 322.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 194.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -12.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.56° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.96° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.