The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2097
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
2:02 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2154
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 | 309.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 215.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.44° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.61° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.