The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1917
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
12:19 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -72
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 | 285.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 235.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.83° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.19° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.