The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1987
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
7:37 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 206.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.76° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.16° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.