The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1946
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
7:00 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 287
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 344.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.44° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.