The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2108
Waxing Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2291
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.54° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.96° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.