The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1931
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
5:14 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 101
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 186.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.64° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.59° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.