The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2012
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
3:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 302.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.90° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.51° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.