The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2078
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1920
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 | 50.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.26° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.05° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.