The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 2047
Waning Gibbous
61.2% 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
1:50 AM
11:03 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1536
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 | 257.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.18° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.86° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.