The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1945
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 275
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 | 49.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.13° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.28° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.