The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2154
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
1:35 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2859
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 | 305.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 218.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -26.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.14° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.67° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.