The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1952
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
9:30 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 251.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.97° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.75° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| 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.