The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2101
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
8:22 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2204
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 | 206.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -13.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.76° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.11° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.