The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2033
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
8:16 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1363
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 | 197.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 301.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -6.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.68° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.64° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.