The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1977
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
4:52 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 335.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 198.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -6.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.67° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.53° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.