The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2135
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
1:26 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2624
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 | 303.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 219.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.00° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.86° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.