The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2181
Waning Crescent
35.3% 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
2:37 AM
12:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3193
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 | 287.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 237.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.83° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.83° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.