The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1961
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
7:54 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 12.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 146.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 1.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.27° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.10° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.