The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 2077
Last Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
12:04 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1907
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.23° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.43° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.09° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.