The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
5:41 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 126
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 19.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.58° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.29° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.