The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1915
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
8:51 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -96
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 | 21.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 131.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.54° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.06° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.