The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 2122
Waxing Crescent
1.8% 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
8:03 AM
9:14 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2464
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.26° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.16° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.7° |
| 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.