The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1918
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -59
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 22.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.47° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.89° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.92° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.