The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2001
Waning Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
11:55 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 967
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 | 279.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.50° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.57° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.