The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
4:03 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1153
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 | 113.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.49° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.55° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.