The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2017
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 237.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.54° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.83° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.