The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 150.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 5.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.95° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.10° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.