The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
4:12 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 121.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 42.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 24.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.71° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.00° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.