The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1995
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
6:44 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 893
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 | 188.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 332.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.11° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.56° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.3° |
| 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.