The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2031
Waning Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
1:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1338
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.18° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.11° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| 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.