The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2039
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
12:25 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1437
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.08° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.49° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.