The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 2094
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
9:04 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2118
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / -0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.52° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.36° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.