The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1930
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
8:13 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 89
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 | 218.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.66° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.91° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.