The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
7:42 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1227
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 | 172.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 335.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.13° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.72° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 319.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.