The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
4:30 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 35.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.58° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.82° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.