The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1968
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
8:08 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.00° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.51° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.