The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
4:46 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1289
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 35.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 23.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.02° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.29° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| 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.