The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1994
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
11:59 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 881
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 | 58.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.81° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.90° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.