The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2095
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
6:24 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2130
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 9.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.42° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.68° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.