The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
2:43 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 918
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.43° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.82° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| 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.