The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1917
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
10:13 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.28° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.83° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.