The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1914
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
9:45 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -109
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 | 255.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.26° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.12° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.