The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1929
Waxing Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
1:02 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 77
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 25.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.59° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.49° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.