The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2078
Waning Crescent
23.3% 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
4:20 AM
1:25 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1919
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.99° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.20° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.81° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.