The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2139
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
8:08 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2674
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 | 201.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -11.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.84° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.54° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.2° |
| 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.