The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1967
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
12:11 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 547
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 | 71.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.45° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.05° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.