The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2179
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
7:59 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3169
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 | 13.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 145.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 5.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.42° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.