The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1955
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
12:04 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 398
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 | 281.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -22.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.50° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.60° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.