The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2044
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1499
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 268.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.24° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.01° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.