The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 2195
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
5:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3366
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 179.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.58° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.73° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.