The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1996
Waning Crescent
4.1% 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
5:22 AM
5:00 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 905
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 197.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.31° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.34° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| 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.