The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
2:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1623
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 | 97.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.21° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.10° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.