The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
9:28 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1165
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.42° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.51° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.