The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1969
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
6:20 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 571
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. Not visible from Columbus.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 173.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.71° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.21° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.