The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
2:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -257
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.39° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.68° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.