The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1974
Waning Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
1:56 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 222.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -20.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.90° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.89° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.