The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2129
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
4:48 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2550
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 190.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.15° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.91° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.