The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2071
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
8:31 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1833
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 | 200.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.55° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.06° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| 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.