The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1906
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
11:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -208
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.91° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.76° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.