The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 2126
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
2:04 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2513
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 | 289.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.55° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.75° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.