The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2006
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
7:42 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 209.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 299.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.96° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.96° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.