The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1977
Waning Gibbous
80.0% 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
11:24 PM
9:09 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 670
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.25° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.05° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.