The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1922
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
9:26 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 237.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.00° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.51° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.