The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
6:30 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1895
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 | 145.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 6.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 17.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.82° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.30° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.