The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
6:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 52
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 | 172.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 353.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 9.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.21° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.03° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 321.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.