The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1980
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
7:59 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 708
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 | 13.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 0.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.37° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.30° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.