The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2090
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
8:41 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2068
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 | 203.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.96° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.86° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| 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.