The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 2060
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
8:06 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1697
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 | 185.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 317.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / 1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.41° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.