The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1900
Waning Gibbous
98.2% 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
8:17 PM
6:53 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -282
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 | 194.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 321.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -8.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.63° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.91° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.