The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1971
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 596
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -24.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.24° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.36° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| 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.