The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
4:31 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 128.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.53° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.22° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.