The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
6:40 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1796
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 | 165.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 345.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 1.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.82° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.74° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.