The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2125
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
6:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2501
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 2.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.76° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.66° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.