The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
4:11 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -220
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 | 131.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.03° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.62° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.