The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2141
Waxing Crescent
1.9% 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
7:03 AM
8:12 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2699
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 | 14.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.84° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.