The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1933
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
9:39 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 126
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 | 254.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -27.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.19° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.93° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.