The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1919
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
6:47 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -47
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 | 191.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 327.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -7.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.85° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.54° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.