The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2014
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
7:55 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1128
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 | 191.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.99° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.86° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.