The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2086
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
12:13 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2018
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 | 283.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.00° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.61° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.