The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
4:37 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2699
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 | 119.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 35.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.75° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.84° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.