The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 2116
Waning Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
2:50 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2389
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -25.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.35° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.72° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.