The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1912
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
5:33 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -134
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 | 345.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 182.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.65° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.97° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.