The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1925
Last Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
11:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 27
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.40° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.57° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.