The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
4:40 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2464
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.51° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.64° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.