The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1965
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
7:08 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 522
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 | 183.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 339.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.96° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.