The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2184
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
3:24 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3230
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 | 320.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 211.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.37° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.95° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.