The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1908
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
6:50 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -183
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 349.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.22° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 336.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.