The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2106
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
11:06 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2266
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 100.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.95° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.33° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| 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.