The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2025
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
8:54 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.18° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.23° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.