The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1964
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
11:01 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 510
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.35° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.96° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.