The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2113
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
7:51 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2352
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.93° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.77° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 336.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.