The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2142
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
10:50 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2711
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 | 250.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.34° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.50° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.