The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 2115
Waning Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
11:28 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2377
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 | 261.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.35° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.31° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.