The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2103
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
8:14 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2229
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 | 15.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.67° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.46° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.