The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2151
Last Quarter
54.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
10:52 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.7%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2822
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.57° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.58° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.