The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1926
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
10:56 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 40
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 | 48.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 102.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 11.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.49° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.57° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.