The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1942
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
8:33 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 238
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 | 8.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 134.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 0.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.47° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.42° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.