The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2116
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
11:08 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2390
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 | 36.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.71° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.63° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.