The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2073
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
7:27 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1858
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 151.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / -2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.08° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.35° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.