The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 2144
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2736
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 | 55.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.54° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.22° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.