The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1947
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
1:32 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 299
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -24.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.20° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.23° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.