The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Waning Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
11:03 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 258.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -26.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.47° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.44° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.