The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1976
Waning Gibbous
96.2% 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
9:00 PM
7:19 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 202.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.79° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.92° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.