The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2059
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1685
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.02° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.84° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.