The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% 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
12:36 PM
3:40 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 349
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 | 111.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 26.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.93° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.79° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.