The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
5:16 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 146.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 24.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.52° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.62° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| 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.