The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
6:01 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1660
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 | 137.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 15.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.46° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.08° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.