The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1903
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
9:05 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -245
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 | 232.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.02° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.70° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.