The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 9, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
4:28 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1870
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 36.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.94° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.63° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.