The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2124
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
9:41 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2489
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 | 18.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.17° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.30° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.