The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1986
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
1:01 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 79.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.07° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.26° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.