The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2091
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
5:33 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2080
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 | 332.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 180.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.06° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.46° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.