The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
5:40 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 164.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 8.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.38° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.04° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.