The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2162
Waning Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
12:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2958
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 236.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.68° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.02° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.