The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2173
Waning Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
1:25 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3094
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 | 302.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -26.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.47° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.48° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.