The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1974
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
8:08 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 633
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 | 196.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 303.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.43° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.56° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.