The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2138
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
5:52 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2661
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 173.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.86° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.50° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.