The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
5:20 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 151
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 | 152.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 20.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 9.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.59° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.61° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.