The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1917
Last Quarter
48.1% 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
1:58 AM
11:12 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.91° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.01° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.