The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
5:33 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 386
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 | 159.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 13.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.42° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.83° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.