The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1993
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
1:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 868
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 229.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.03° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.21° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.