The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
4:24 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2229
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 | 112.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 39.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.13° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.44° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.