The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
1:21 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 285.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.65° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.86° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.