The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
5:06 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1994
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 | 125.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 29.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.41° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.89° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.