The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1990
Waning Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
9:22 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 249.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -26.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.97° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.16° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.