The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2098
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
7:58 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2167
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 318.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.23° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.27° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.