The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2042
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
2:42 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1474
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 | 303.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 206.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.89° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.53° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.57° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.