The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1939
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
3:45 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 200
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 212.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -10.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.78° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.90° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.