The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2061
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
3:07 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1709
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 | 308.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 203.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.59° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.37° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| 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.