The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1904
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
7:17 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -232
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. Not visible from Columbus.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.90° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.34° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.