The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1909
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
1:37 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -171
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 | 302.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 222.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.72° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.83° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.