The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1950
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
5:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 178.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.08° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.39° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.