The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2110
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
4:52 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2315
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 190.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.46° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.09° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.