The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1948
Waxing Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
12:55 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 312
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 71.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 25.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.77° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.68° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.