The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1979
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
8:47 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 223.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.16° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.77° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.