The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 2052
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
8:42 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1598
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 | 205.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.03° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.41° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.