The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 1917
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.93° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.65° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.