The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2131
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
9:44 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2575
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 | 220.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -9.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.43° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.13° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.