The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 2120
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
8:22 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2439
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 | 207.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.84° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.92° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.