The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 2105
Waning Crescent
44.0% 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
3:08 AM
12:48 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2253
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 232.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -21.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.04° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.28° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.