The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1975
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 52.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.60° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.22° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.