The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2062
Waxing Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
2:21 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1722
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 28.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.67° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.74° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.