The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2007
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
6:10 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1041
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 | 339.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 171.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -9.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.44° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.10° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.