The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
5:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 856
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 | 165.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 7.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.86° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.25° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.