The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2081
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
6:49 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1956
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 159.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.21° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.46° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.