The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2143
Waning Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
12:26 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2723
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 | 284.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.34° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.21° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.