The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1938
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
7:05 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 188
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 316.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.94° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.31° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.