The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 2080
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
3:52 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1944
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 196.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.88° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.18° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.