The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1966
Waning Crescent
17.4% 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
4:51 AM
2:20 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 534
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 | 310.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 214.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -22.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.63° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.06° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.