The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1928
Waning Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
1:54 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 64
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 219.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -23.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.46° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.91° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.64° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.