The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2085
Waning Gibbous
64.9% 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
1:25 AM
10:50 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2006
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 | 252.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -24.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.53° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.47° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.