The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
4:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.06° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.46° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| 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.