The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Waning Crescent
11.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
4:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 321.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 195.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -11.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.17° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.44° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.