The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
3:02 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1858
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.35° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.30° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.