The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
5:28 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -84
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 | 155.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 17.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.53° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.23° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.