The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 2083
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
7:15 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1981
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.9° / 156.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.67° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.15° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.