The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
6:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1326
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° 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 | 152.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 3.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.52° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.30° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.