The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
1:50 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 213
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 | 96.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.92° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.05° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.