The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1907
Waxing Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
10:20 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -195
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.83° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.37° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.