The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2072
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
5:52 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1845
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 177.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -8.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.98° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.87° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.