The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
6:31 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2031
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 | 162.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 350.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.41° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.11° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.